Income Support
(General Provisions) (Amendment No. 14)
(Jersey) Order 2014
Made 2nd May 2014
Coming into force in
accordance with Article 5
THE MINISTER FOR SOCIAL SECURITY, in pursuance of Articles 2 and 18
of the Income Support (Jersey) Law 2007[1], orders as follows –
1 Interpretation
In this Order, “principal Order” means the Income
Support (General Provisions) (Jersey) Order 2008[2].
2 Article 1
amended
In Article 1 of the principal Order –
(a) after the definition “appellant” there shall be
inserted the following definition –
“ ‘approved care home’ has the same meaning as in the Long-Term Care
(Jersey) Law 2012[3];”;
(b) after the definition “Law” there shall be inserted
the following definition –
“ ‘long-term care’ means an appropriate level of standard care within
the meaning of the Long-Term Care (Benefits) (Jersey) Order 2014[4];”.
3 Article 5
amended
In Article 5 of the principal Order, after paragraph (1)
there shall be inserted the following paragraph –
“(1A) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a
person who occupied the same dwelling as his or her principal residence as
another person described in paragraph (1) before receiving long-term care
in an approved care home is treated as being a member of the same household as
that other person whilst in receipt of such care.”.
4 Schedule 2
amended
In paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the principal Order, in paragraph (b)
in the definition “income” after the words “(Jersey) Regulations 2005,”
there shall be inserted the words “any financial support from the Minister
for Social Security for the cost of long-term care,”.
5 Citation
and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Income Support (General Provisions)
(Amendment No. 14) (Jersey) Order 2014 and shall come into force on
the same day that Parts 3 and 4 of the Long-Term Care (Jersey) Law 2012[5] come into force.
senator f. du h. le
gresley
Minister for Social Security